Belarus Black Pied Pig

Facts about Belarus Black Pied Pigs. The Belarus Black Pied Pig is a domestic pig breed, which is also commonly called the White-Russian Black Pied pig, the Byelorussian Black Pied pig, and the Spotted Black Pied pig. These multipurpose pigs are native to Belarus of the Russian Empire. At first, the Belarus Black Pied Pig breed was crossbred in the capital city of Belarus, the Minsk City during the late nineteenth century from the breeding of Large Black, Large White, Middle White and Berkshire pigs with indigenous Belarus pigs. The Belarus Black Pied Pig breed was not accepted as a separate breed group pending 1957 and not considered as an individual breed pending 1976.

The Belarus Black Pied Pig breed originates from the Belarusian ground hanging pigs with small ears off. After the Belarus Black Pied Pigs have been crossbred during the 19th century, still Swedish Landrace and Estonian bacon pigs were added during 1920. Then, the Belorussian stained pig was accepted as a multi-use set as a race in 1976.

Features of Belarus Black Pied Pig

Usually, male Belarus Black Pied pigs are heavier than the female pigs with the body weight of 665 1/2 lbs (298 kg), whereas the female pigs weigh 534 1/2 lbs (243 kg). The Belarus Black Pied pigs have a colorful body with black tabby color. The Belarus Black Pied pigs have a slightly straight head, with their medium size hanging ears. The Belarus Black Pied pig have a deep and wide body structure and the back part of their body is wide and straight. The Belarus Black Pied Pig have a moderate clumsy, ham with the straight and correct foundation. The Belarus Black Pied Pigs have somewhat a fast growth, such that they attain the weight of 220 lbs (100 kg) within 194 days of their birth. These Belarus Black Pied pigs are adaptable to all types of weather with high stress and high body resistance.

>Belarus Black Pied Pigs do not sweat a lot, that's why they cover themselves in the mud to keep their bodies cool. The expression "sweating like a pig" comes from a reference to pig iron, which comes form iron smelting.

The race is made up of nine lines and 26 families. There were about 102,000 Belarus Black Pied pigs in 1980. The major breeding areas of the Belarus Black Pied Pig breeds include Schgunski in Homelskaja Woblasz, Gontscharowski in Breszkaja Woblasz, Dsjarschynsk in Minsk Woblasz, Hrodsenskaja Woblasz and Lenino in Mahiljouskaja Woblasz (These are all the Russian names of the breeding areas). The Belarus Black Pied Pig breed is appropriate as a mother and father and makes 0.3 percent of these pigs hail from the Belarus City.

Foraging and diet of Belarus Black Pied Pig

The Belarus Black Pied pig is an omnivorous mammal, which denotes that they feed both on animals and plants. In the wild, the Belarus Black Pied Pigs are foraging mammals, mostly feeding on grasses, leaves, plant and tree roots, flowers and fruits. In captivity, the Belarus Black Pied Pigs are fed mostly with corn and soybean, with a blend of minerals and vitamins included in their diet. As the Belarus Black Pied Pigs are omnivorous they make outstanding pasture raised mammals. Pigs are omnivores like humans, an omnivores, (definition-they eat both other animals and plants). Mostly, they were developed on dairy ranches and the Belarus Black Pied Pigs are commonly referred to as mortgage lifters, owing to their skill to use the surplus milk in addition to whey from butter and cheese, making pooled with pasture. Older Belarus Black Pied pigs will drink a minimum of three gallons of water for each day.

The average lifespan of the Belarus Black Pied pig ranges from 8 years to 10 years in the wild, whereas in the captive, they can live up to 15 years. Belarus Black Pied Pigs are very intelligent, not like people think, that pigs are dumb animals. The Pigs are omnivores like humans, an omnivores, (definition-they eat both other animals and plants). snout is its most important tool for finding food. The pigs snout is used for their excellent sense of smell.

The saliva of Belarus Black Pied Pigs contains pheromones-( A chemical substance used to attract a mate) similar to that of other pig breeds that communicate their sexual wants. The male pigs discharge this steroid and female pigs will go to vast lengths to acquire a smell of the stuff.
Belarus Black Pied Pigs are raised for there meat such as ham, sausage, bacon and pork chops. Pigs can make great pets. A wild male pig is called a (boar)- meaning uncastrated male pig, that lives in the wild and can be hunted. Feral pigs (means wild) can be a very big danger where humans habitat. Belarus Black Pied Pigs can carry a variety of diseases and can pass them to humans. Belarus Black Pied Pigs have small lungs compared to their body size.

Swine: is any variety of omnivorous, even-toed ungulates of the family Suidae, this includes hogs, boars and pigs having a short neck, thick skin a movable snout and a stout body. Belarus Black Pied Pigs unlike is said, happen to be very clean animals. Belarus Black Pied Pigs make sure their bathroom area is far away from where they eat, lie down and rest, even piglets (baby pigs) will find a place to go to the bathroom, far away from their nest. A Belarus Black Pied Pig averages 6 to 10 baby piglets in a litter and will have two to three litters per year

Belarus Black Pied Pigs Feet

The four feet and four toes of the Pig are called "trotters" that humans eat as a delicacy called pigs feet or pigs knuckles. A Belarus Black Pied Pigs foot has four toes that are pointed downwards when the pig walks, it walks on the tips of its toes, rather than its whole foot and only uses two of the toes in the middle and the outside toes for balance. The Belarus Black Pied Pig has tougher feet at the ends that are hooves. The two toes in the middle of the foot are slightly webbed, this helps the pigs balance for walking.

Belarus Black Pied Pigs have 44 teeth when full grown, when they are baby pigs (piglets) the have 28 teeth which will fall out when they are 12 months old. Just like human teeth, the Belarus Black Pied Pig has an enamel coating that makes the pigs teeth stronger and helps it curb disease. Belarus Black Pied Pigs chew their food because pigs have a digestive system similar to a human digestive system and cannot digest food that is not chewed.
The scientific name for Pig (Sus scrofa), the wild swine (Boar) from the old world with a narrow body and prominent tusks is from where most domestic swine come from and introduced in the United States and bred to what we have as today's pig. The "fear of pigs Swinophobia".